{"id":79,"date":"2008-06-10T21:25:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T20:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2008-06-10T21:25:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T20:25:39","slug":"soakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Soakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a human being and therefore I consume, but I try to be as conscious about my own and my family\u2019s consumption as I possible can. Our family is soon expanding, and that brought my attention to an issue that I haven\u2019t thought much about since my daughter was a baby about six years ago. Then, as now, we chose to use reusable diapers and I\u2019d like to tell you a bit about why. It is incredible how much waste the use of paper diapers amount to. A few years ago the annual consumption of paper diapers represented 80 000 tons of waste, just in the Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland). On average a baby produces one ton of waste during its nappy period. A diaper consists of several substances which are harmful to our environment; plastic, rubber, glue, and cellulose. To produce cellulose you need wood fibers added with chemicals that contain sulfur and bleach. Paper diapers are not compostable and they dissolve very slowly. <\/p>\n

Reusable diapers are often made of cotton, and its production also has a negative impact on the environment, especially during refinement and bleaching. Still, since each child uses a limited amount of diapers throughout the nappy period the impact is considered minimal, and this includes the environmental effects of using washing machines and detergents. It is also more and more common to make diapers out of bamboo or hemp fibers, which both represent more sustainable agriculture and environmental friendly production. If the environmental issue isn\u2019t enough for you, you might want to consider the health issues that the use of paper diapers inflict on your baby. German studies shows that paper diapers can have a negative effect on men\u2019s sperm production, which is developed while still a baby. An American study concluded that the chemicals used in paper diapers can be one of the reasons behind the increase of asthma in young children. Greenpeace has also tested well known diapers brands and found that many of them contained hormones disruptive substances. All the information above is confirmed in the study \u201cDiapers and Environment\u201d by Jan Wijkmark\/VERNA Ekologi AB, Sweden January 2004.<\/p>\n

Now, if you survived the length of this entry, this is where it might become interesting for you as a knitter. Using reusable diapers gives you the opportunity to wallow in fancy, cool and oh so soft soaker projects. I just finished these two (shown with a bamboo fitted diaper, and a hemp prefold diaper), and they were fast and easy to knit, it took me two nights to complete them. These are known as the Curly Purly Soaker designed by Marnie Ann Joyce, and I found the pattern through Ravelry<\/a> on the great www right here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Som menneske forbruker jeg og produserer s\u00f8ppel, men jeg pr\u00f8ver \u00e5 v\u00e6re s\u00e5 bevisst mitt og min families forbruk som jeg kan. N\u00e5 som vi st\u00e5r foran en familiefor\u00f8kning har oppmerksomheten min blitt rettet mot et tema som jeg ikke har ofret en tanke siden storepia var baby, og det begynner jo \u00e5 bli seks \u00e5r siden. Da, som n\u00e5, var det helt naturlig for oss \u00e5 velge t\u00f8ybleier framfor engangsbleier, og jeg har lyst til \u00e5 fortelle litt om hvorfor vi har valgt dette. Det er utrolig hvor mye s\u00f8ppel bruken av papirbleier utgj\u00f8r. For noen \u00e5r siden viste man at engangsbleier utgjorde 80 000 tonn s\u00f8ppel i de nordiske landene. En baby sies \u00e5 produsere ett tonn s\u00f8ppel i l\u00f8pet av bleieperioden. Bleiene inneholder milj\u00f8farlige stoffer som plast, gummi, lim og cellulose. For \u00e5 produsere cellulose trenger du trefiber som tilsettes kjemikalier som inneholder blant annet svovel og blekningsmiddel. P\u00e5 grunn av det store innholdet av plast lar ikke disse bleiene seg kompostere, og de brytes ned sv\u00e6rt sakte. <\/p>\n

T\u00f8ybleier er ofte laget av bomull som ogs\u00e5 har negative f\u00f8lger for milj\u00f8et med tanke p\u00e5 produksjon, spesielt i forbindelse med foredling og bleking av t\u00f8yet. Allikevel, siden hvert barn bruker en begrenset mengde bleier i l\u00f8pet av hele bleieperioden, er den negative p\u00e5virkningen av milj\u00f8et vurdert som minimal. Denne vurderingen inkluderer ogs\u00e5 energiforbruket og kjemiske stoffer forbundet med bruk av vaskemaskin til rengj\u00f8ring. Det er ogs\u00e5 mer og mer vanlig \u00e5 lage bleier av hamp eller bambus, som representerer mer b\u00e6rekraftig jordbruk og mindre skade p\u00e5 milj\u00f8et gjennom produksjon enn hva bomull gj\u00f8r. Hvis milj\u00f8argumentet ikke holder for deg, vil du kanskje allikevel vurdere den helsemessige effekten papirbleiebruk kan ha for barnet ditt. Tyske studier viser at papirbleier kan ha negative f\u00f8lger for menns s\u00e6dproduksjon, noe som etableres i l\u00f8pet av de f\u00f8rste leve\u00e5rene. Et amerikansk studie konkluderte med at papirbleiebruk kan ha sammenheng med den \u00f8kende forekomsten av astmatikere. Videre har Greenpeace gjennomf\u00f8rt tester av kjente bleiemerker og fant hormonforstyrrende stoffer i flere av dem. All informasjon som jeg har gjengitt i dette innlegget er bekreftet i den svenske unders\u00f8kelsen \u201cBl\u00f6jor och miljo\u201d utf\u00f8rt av Jan Wijkmark\/VERNA Ekologi AB, januar 2004.<\/p>\n

Hvis du har overlevd lengden p\u00e5 dette innlegget til n\u00e5, er det her det begynner \u00e5 bli interessant for deg som strikker. \u00c5 bruke t\u00f8ybleier gir deg muligheten til \u00e5 omtrent velte deg i stilige, flotte, og \u00e5h s\u00e5 myke bleiebukse prosjekter. Jeg har akkurat gjort ferdig disse to (avbildet med en bambus formsydd bleie, og en hamp brettebleie) som var lette og artige \u00e5 strikke. Det tok omtrent to kvelder \u00e5 gj\u00f8re disse to ferdige. De er kjent som \u201dCurly Purly Soaker\u201d og er designet av Marnie Ann Joyce. M\u00f8nsteret fant jeg via Ravelry<\/a> p\u00e5 den fantastiske Verdensveven akkurat her<\/a>. For deg som ikke har pr\u00f8vd deg p\u00e5 et engelsk m\u00f8nster enda s\u00e5 kan kanskje dette v\u00e6re et passende f\u00f8rste prosjekt.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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